Global journalists’ associations have condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif on Sunday in Kenya. The groups have called for immediate and speedy investigations into the case. Sharif was shot by Kenyan police officers at a roadblock in Kajiado County, about an hour’s drive from the capital Nairobi. Kenyan police have said t...
In recent years, voters in Indonesia have supported candidates with solid religious personas whose lifestyles and appearances adhere to Islamic values. The world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy has seen an increasing trend toward Islamic piety. That’s according to a paper published by researchers Haryanto and Rizkika Lhena Darwin in the n...
Heavy shelling from Burma along the Bandarban border district of Bangladesh has forced hundreds of families to flee for safety. Bullets from Burma again landed inside Bangladesh’s Lemuchhari and Bahirmath areas Saturday violating the border, according to fleeing locals. The shelling occurred in a roughly 12-mile area near the border in Burmese...
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Quran reciter to 12 years in prison for leading prayers at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque eight years ago. The kingdom is intensifying its crackdown on religious figures. Saudi rights organization, Prisoners of Conscience, said a Saudi court last Wednesday sentenced Imam and Quran reciter Abdullah Basfar to 12 year...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, said Tuesday his country has faced an “unprecedented campaign” of criticism over the hosting of World Cup 2022. “Since we won the honor of hosting the World Cup, Qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has ever faced,” Emir […]...
Diamniadio, Senegal (AFP): Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who heads the African Union, on Monday hit out at the failings of the UN Security Council and the G20 group of major economies as he listed the problems facing Africa, from climate change and health crises to the impact of war in Ukraine and a spate of […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK has announced new sanctions on Iranian individuals and businesses “responsible for supplying Russia with kamikaze drones used to bombard Ukraine.” Russia is using the drones “to attack both civilian targets and critical infrastructure in Kyiv and across Ukraine, with the intention of cutting off Ukrainian people from...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Russia’s deputy UN ambassador has said that he is not ”optimistic” about the renewal of a deal brokered by Türkiye and the UN that allows Ukrainian grain and fertilizer exports. ”It depends what we get from this deal. So far, we’ve gotten very little,” Dmitry Polyanskiy told Anadolu Age...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria and Russia kicked off a four-day joint military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, the Algerian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. A group of warships belonging to the Russian fleet docked in the port of Algiers on Tuesday to conduct the 2022 joint naval exercise, the ministry said in a written statement. [&...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the Australian envoy to Tel Aviv over Canberra’s move to reverse recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, according to Israeli media outlets. The Israeli army’s official radio station and i24 news website confirmed that Australian envoy Paul Griffiths was ...
